Noted even by his enemies for his intelligence, personal warmth, and strength of conviction, the iconic revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara smiles from the cover of this journal, imprinted with his ...(Read More)

From the Montgomery bus boycott to the Little Rock Nine and the Selma-Montgomery march, thousands of ordinary people made up the American civil rights movement in its founding decade. Their stories ...(Read More)

More than the world heavyweight championship was at stake when Joe Louis fought Germany's Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938; it was billed as a contest between nations, races, and political ideologies. ...(Read More)

With line drawings, color reproductions, or three-dimensional battle maps on every two-page spread, this detailed, wide-ranging history examines warfare in Asia and the Pacific from the 13th-century ...(Read More)

She described herself as "a plain woman of uncertain age, standing six feet in my stockings. I have earned my bread for a good many years doing the work of a bank clerk. I scribble a bit for various ...(Read More)

More than four centuries ago, an economically prosperous Netherlands began to expand its international relations, establishing contact with Brazil, India, Russia, Ghana, and South Africa, among ...(Read More)

A century ago, the exhibition Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany, introduced the Western world to the colorful abstractions and technical brilliance of art ...(Read More)

In her second volume of autobiography, following the unprecedented I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou continues her remarkable personal story. The time is the end of World War II, ...(Read More)

At its height, the Muslim world produced some of the most inspired and beautiful architecture to be found anywhere—marvels of engineering that used advanced mathematics and geometry to stunning ...(Read More)